I'm worried that Flip's strategy of playing Sheed at center and starting McDyess will lead to injuries.

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Me too. If one of those guys goes down we will definitely need Nazr. Yeah, you could look at him as a very expensive insurance policy...but they're aren't many options besides I'll-play-when-I-wanna Webber or maybe DD (I'd take him back in a heartbeat), short of an unlikely Nazr trade coming up to the season.

Unless Maxiell has learned to shoot free throws, I can't see Flip relying on him to fill in for the old guys... which leaves Nazr. He's not Ben Wallace, but he does play Center...

Forget this nonsense with Kirilenko...he who is of erratic talent and lacks the core stability (short of war) of a home base to upright the ship. This is a historic pattern of typical Eastern European culture in the grand Tolstoy scope.

In an interview on KFNZ-AM, Miller said that during the meeting with Sloan and general manager Kevin O'Connor, Kirilenko said he would accept Sloan's criticism as long as Sloan was willing to offer equal amounts of praise, according to the report.

"It is incumbent on Jerry to make a reasonable adjustment. That's not to say kiss his butt," said Miller, according to the Tribune. Miller also called Kirilenko "one of the 10 best players in the league."

Forget this nonsense with Kirilenko...he who is of erratic talent and lacks the core stability (short of war) of a home base to upright the ship. This is a historic pattern of typical Eastern European culture in the grand Tolstoy scope.

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You would not be saying that Kirilenko embodies the spirit and soul of Alexey Alexandrovitch Karenin would you?

There's no one way to coach an NBA team to a championship. The Mavs' most recent playoff disaster proved that not even being blessed with scads of talent guarantees the winning of the gold. It's not surprising, then, that there have been almost as many coaching methodologies as there have been coaches.
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When you factor in Tay's maturity level and AK's crying/asking for trade/general pouting, etc., then I think we have the dude we are looking for in-house.

When looking at the #'s, something very strange jumped out at me. Prince has 1 personal foul in 113 minutes this year. And theoretically, he is guarding the other team's most dynamic scorers. Talk about getting respect from the refs!

When you factor in Tay's maturity level and AK's crying/asking for trade/general pouting, etc., then I think we have the dude we are looking for in-house.

When looking at the #'s, something very strange jumped out at me. Prince has 1 personal foul in 113 minutes this year. And theoretically, he is guarding the other team's most dynamic scorers. Talk about getting respect from the refs!

The more the lanky rookie stays outside, the more an equally tall defender jumps out to keep his nose in the skinny teenager's chest.

Utah defensive whiz Andrei Kirilenko used that approach to hold Durant to 7-for-21 shooting and blocked Durant's attempt at a game-tying shot in the lane with three seconds remaining to help the Jazz hold on to beat the Sonics, 103-101, on Friday night.

Kirilenko blocked four of Durant's shots. Twice in the third quarter, Durant drove under the basket and had his lay-up stuffed by Kirilenko.

But would you trade Rip for Kirilenko and move Tayshaun to the 2 spot, this assuming Stuckey and Afflalo are going to be key pieces to our future. A line up of Tayshaun @ PG, AA @sg, AK-47 @sf, with AMir and Max, we could set a new record for shot blacks and defense, imagine the zones Flip could use.

But would you trade Rip for Kirilenko and move Tayshaun to the 2 spot, this assuming Stuckey and Afflalo are going to be key pieces to our future. A line up of Tayshaun @ PG, AA @sg, AK-47 @sf, with AMir and Max, we could set a new record for shot blacks and defense, imagine the zones Flip could use.